Technically sound, the device, in my opinion is quite close to the Linn Klimax DS, but I can also compare only mainly through headphones (Sennheiser HD 800) and a tube preamplifier dazwischengeschaltetem (LD MK IV). Even relatively "thin" audio signals (eg Spotify with 320 kHz) are impressive illustrated powerfully with a large stage. Perfect is the sound from the cloud, even high resolution audio up to 192kHz 24bit works streaming without any problems. What I do not find so great is the search for online radio stations, which is pretty umständlich- Sony: As a firmware update was needed! The app works on all devices, the Sony Z3, the Sony CMD ZX1 and the Lenovo Yoga Tablet Pro2, here but unfortunately only in portrait mode, no Landscape - the annoying too! The decor was problemlos- (almost) all my clouds were immediately recognized, probably because I had this already set up over the Fritz box (?). The display is ok but gets no prize for high resolution ;-) I have the machine the way ordered from Amazon in France for 479.-, came curiously from Bremen! Shipping was somehow to 15 ... Incidentally, a remote control is, somehow, the specified and displayed on the previous model, but here, however, is non definitely included.